Thursday 21st  11.00 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.

Residence of:           Ila Kaji

PACHINKO – MIN JIN LEE

We do believe much of what we know of the world, its geography, history and politics, we have learned from reading storybooks. So during the past year of book discussion we tried to cover several cultures. We hope you enjoyed it too.

Pachinko is yet one more of those books that did not just make us think differently but actually opened up a world that we knew nothing about: the world of the ethnic Korean in Japan.

Min Jin Lee tells an endearing tale of hardship and inhumanity suffered by Koreans.

In this gorgeous, page-turning saga four generations of a poor Korean, immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from a home they never knew.

Profoundly moving and gracefully told, Pachinko is an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival.

A family story that sheds light on political and social developmental in Japan that many will not be aware of. Read it for political insight, or for the simple pleasure of an endearing tale.

A book that tells us about the Koreans and the Japanese, but mostly - it tells us about humanity.

Pachinko, is a game of luck, a cross between pinball and a slot machine, and of course the game is a perfect metaphor for the whims of fate.

Rachita Kapur                  Rhodie Hakim

Parnika Khanna               Helen Hiranandani